Birds at Attwater

Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR (CTC 004), Colorado County, Texas, US ( Map ) ( Hotspot )

Date and Effort

Wed Apr 19, 2017 7:00 AM

Protocol:

Traveling

Party Size:

1

Duration:

4 hour(s), 30 minute(s)

Distance:

2.0 mile(s)

Observers:

Bill Telfair

Comments:

Arrive pre-dawn; drive to observation deck; stay an hour; then drive the loop & back to the lake; then back to observation deck and around the loop. Lunch at the office and watch video - thanks to volunteers.

Species

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40 species total

2	Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ML57434721  Macaulay Library © Bill Telfair
2	Mallard
4	Northern Bobwhite ML57434741  Macaulay Library © Bill Telfair ML57434751  Macaulay Library © Bill Telfair
2	Greater Prairie-Chicken
2	Pied-billed Grebe
1	Neotropic Cormorant
2	Great Blue Heron
4	Great Egret
2	Cattle Egret
2	Green Heron
6	Black Vulture
11	Turkey Vulture
1	Northern Harrier
1	White-tailed Hawk ML58002451  Macaulay Library © Bill Telfair ML58002461  Macaulay Library © Bill Telfair
3	Common Gallinule ML57435201  Macaulay Library © Bill Telfair
2	American Coot ML57435211  Macaulay Library © Bill Telfair
4	Killdeer
1	White-rumped Sandpiper
5	Mourning Dove
1	Crested Caracara ML57435551  Macaulay Library © Bill Telfair
2	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
2	Northern Rough-winged Swallow
3	Purple Martin
4	Barn Swallow
1	Tufted Titmouse
1	House Wren
3	Northern Mockingbird
1	Field Sparrow
2	Vesper Sparrow
1	Savannah Sparrow
3	Song Sparrow
1	Swamp Sparrow
2	Northern Cardinal
10	Dickcissel ML57436081  Macaulay Library © Bill Telfair ML57436191  Macaulay Library © Bill Telfair ML57436281  Macaulay Library © Bill Telfair
5	Eastern Meadowlark
1	Red-winged Blackbird
3	Brown-headed Cowbird
1	Common Grackle
2	Great-tailed Grackle
1	American Goldfinch